Category: Travel Diary
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Christchurch, NZ: Day 7: Christchurch Walking Tour
Last night was a bit up and down for me. We got to Christchurch a little later than expected due to a flight delay and the same goes for the Airbnb (as the home is not facing the road). We needed to do 2 loads of clothes and that seemed…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 4-Dolphin and Whale Watching Eco Cruise
Time seems to be going by quickly for us here in Auckland as it is already Tuesday and we’ll leave for Christchurch Thursday. Today we are doing our last scheduled activity which is a Whale and Dolphin Watching Half Day Eco-Cruise. It’s supposed to (and did) rain today and the…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 3-Skydiving and the Sky Tower
What an exciting day we have planned today! The 1st order of business is that my mom is going to skydive from 13,000 ft with Skydive Auckland. I am happy, nervous and excited for her all at the same time. I believe she is brave to do this because it…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 2-Tours and Sightseeing
Waking up early here was no different than waking up early at home as I found myself awake at 6:30am on this beautiful Sunday. We planned to leave the hotel at 9am to head into the city for our Free Auckland City Walking Tour. The meeting location was near the…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 1-Long Travels & Then Wine
The time has come for the New Zealand trip and the timing is bittersweet with the recent lost of my maternal grandmother. My mom and I hope her spirit joins us as we embark on this very long trip. With the government shutdown literally just ending I was a bit…
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Quito, Ecuador: Day 8-Vamos a Cocinar
Believe it or not I’ve been up since 2:30am after falling asleep around 10:30pm (I ended up doing my write-up and posts on my socials for the day and just stayed awake). The cooking class that we had scheduled for Thursday had been re-scheduled for this morning and we were…
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Quito, Ecuador: Day 7-Mitad del Mundo/Pinchincha Volcano Cable Car
As our trip to Quito, Ecuador comes to an end there were a couple of things that we must do before leaving. This morning at 9am we had a reservation for the Tour Mitad del Mundo (aka Middle of the World Tour) on a Quito double decker tour bus. We…
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Quito, Ecuador: Day 6-Day Trip to Quilotoa
Our week has been full of activities and our trip is about halfway over. On today’s list of events is From Quito: Quiltoa Lagoon Full-Day Tour with Lunch. This is an all day tour (11 hrs) so this is the only thing we planned for today. We had the option…
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Quito, Ecuador: Day 5-Papallacta Hot Springs
Today we had a couple of activities going on with the first one being Visit Papallacta Hot Springs with a Travel Expert via Airbnb Experiences. Alejandro who was our travel expert for this said he’d meet us outside our Airbnb at 8:30am to pick us up. I didn’t get enough…
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Quito, Ecuador: Day 4-Oh Otavalo
Waking up this morning, I felt like I didn’t get enough sleep (I didn’t because I went to sleep around 2am and woke up at 5:55am). Today was going to be a full day as we were doing the Otavalo Culture, Lagos and Traditional Market in One Day tour which…
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